Elizabeth Palmer

PALMER, Mother Elizabeth - Age 90, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010 at Frostrian Manor. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 21, 2010 at Promise Tabernacle, 815 W. Carpenter Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m., Pastor Frederick Flowers, Sr., officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Mother Palmer will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 10 a.m.-8 p.m., with Memorial Service under the Auspices of International Eastern Star from 6-7 p.m. Mother Elizabeth Palmer was born December 19, 1919 in Amhurst, Virginia to Alonzo and Sallie Mosley. In, the 1940’s Mother Palmer relocated to Flint and God blessed her to obtain employment at Fisher Body a Division of General Motors. Deciding to make a career change to the medical field, she worked as a Nurse’s Aide at County Hospital and Walter Winchester Hospital, then relocating to Genesee Memorial, where she specialized as a Respiratory Therapist, until retiring in May of 1981. Being led by the Holy Spirit, in the early 1940’s Mother Palmer joined Golden Leaf Baptist Church under the late Rev. W.A. Vaughn. She was faithful and dedicated, serving in the choir and other ministries including the Nurses Guild as Pastor Flowers’ nurse. In 2005, the pastor appointed her ‘Honorary Mother’ and on Mother’s Day 2006, she was honored as the church’s oldest mother. Mother Palmer was a loyal volunteer ministering to the low-income and needy in the community through the Golden Leaf Neighborhood Services. On September 17, 1950, Mother Elizabeth Palmer married Willie James Palmer. Together, they served in the church as janitors and grounds keepers. They were instrumental in the grounds breaking of the current church and making sure the exterior was well-maintained. Mother Palmer worked on several occasions at the voting poll at Berston Field House. She was also a past 20 year + member of Marian Anderson Chapter #4. In God’s care, Mother Elizabeth Palmer leaves to cherish her life and memories: devoted husband of 59 years, Willie James Palmer; daughter, Shirley (Stanley) Brown; 2 grandchildren, Omar (Safiyah) Johnson and Kai Ke’Aisha Johnson; 4 great grandchildren, Moriah Walker, Omari Johnson, Deaja Fisher and Serenity Ward; sisters-in-law, Rosemary Palmer, Carol Palmer, Denise Palmer and Sally Mosley; several nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends including the Addison Street Block Club and Mrs. Annie Thompson. Mother Palmer was preceded in death by parents, Alonzo and Sallie Mosley; brothers, Jack Mosley and Wilbert Mosley; sisters, Ruby McBride and Nannie Earle; brother-in-law, Reginald Palmer; sisters-in-law, Anna Carter and Lee Birter Watford. The family would like to express special thanks go to Pastor and Mrs. Frederick L. Flowers, Sr. and the Promise Tabernacle® Church family, Hurley Medical Center Neuro Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Sayeed, Davita Hallwood Dialysis, Heartland Health Care Center-Fostrian, and Nurse Collette of Evergreen Home Care.

Elizabeth Palmer

December 19, 1919 - August 16, 2010